title: Anthropometric characteristics of four Polish children with mucopolysaccharidosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mucopolysaccharidosis relates to a group of seven prevalent types of disorders that are categorized on the basis of specific enzyme deficiency or the major symptoms, or both. A typical clinical presentation includes such symptoms and characteristics as short stature, facial dysmorphism, skeletal deformities, pulmonary dysfunction, joint stiffness and contractures, myocardial hypertrophy, neurological symptoms, and mental retardation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The purpose of this study was to perform a detailed anthropometric assessment in four cases of children with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) I and II types aged from 4 to 13 years from the Podkarpacie Province (south-eastern Poland). Anthropometric assessment included several parameters and indices related to body structure. All examined patients are characterized by severely disordered physical growth in comparison with the Polish norms presented in the reference charts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Examined children with MPS are characterized by especially low values relating to longitudinal and transversal parameters of body build. Anthropometric data could be used in early diagnosis of MPS and assessment of results of its treatment.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiotherapy, University of Rzeszów, Warszawska 26A, Rzeszów 35-205, Poland. mieczrad@univ.rzeszow.pl
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perenc
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008059:Mucopolysaccharidosis I / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016532:Mucopolysaccharidosis II / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011044:Poland